GNU bug report logs - #1355
suggestion on the modeline

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:20:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 1355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org, xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>,
        bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org, bug-submit-list <at> donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#1355: suggestion on the modeline
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:47:41 -0500

> , the percentage currently displayed is a / (a + W + b).  So, although in
> the picture, the window is showing the middle of the buffer, the
> percentage displayed is 22%, rather than 50%.  This is particularly
> jarring when scrolling through, perhaps, an info page.  You see 47%, then
> two lines later, Bot.

> A better calculation would be a / (a + b), the degree of "travel" of the
> windown through the buffer.  This approaches 100% as the window reaches
> the bottom of the buffer.

I'd tend to agree, tho I don't have any strong feeling about it.


        Stefan
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